Project Manager NPI | NTS Hengelo

NTS; Hengelo; On-site; EUR 58,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Growth opportunities through training/

Vacation days

Pension plan

Travel allowance

Laptop

Free fruit

Job summary

NTS Hengelo is seeking a Project Manager for NPI to lead multidisciplinary teams in industrializing advanced modules for international customers. From quotation to production transfer, you will maintain tight control over scope, time, and quality.

You will coordinate with account managers, engineers, procurement, production, and quality, ensuring manufacturability and timely delivery. English and Dutch fluency are essential for global collaboration and customer communication.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in high-tech project management (machine construction, precision systems, or complex production environments).
• Demonstrable experience with NPI projects or industrialization.
• Strong in stakeholder management: from production managers and engineers to customers and management.
• Skilled in handling dynamic environments and managing changes across teams and locations.
• Able to make decisions under pressure and navigate technical and political complexity.
• A mindset focused on continuous learning, taking ownership, and improvement.
• Knowledge of production processes and industrial validation is a plus.
• IPMA C or D certification, or willingness to obtain this certification; NTS supports certification.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects from quotation phase to production transfer to factories.
• Coordinate between account managers, engineers, procurement, production, and quality, with focus on technology, logistics, and finance.
• Build the project plan from quotation phase, including risk assessment, resource planning, and scenarios.
• Establish and manage a multidisciplinary project team (4-8 FTE) within engineering and production.
• Maintain close customer relationships, monitor expectations, and translate ambitions into concrete deliverables.
• Responsible for flawless NPI execution: from proto to 0-series and production readiness.
• Bring structure to a dynamic environment where priorities and deadlines continually shift.

Skills

Project management

NPI projects

Stakeholder management

Dynamic environments

Decision making under pressure

Continuous learning

Production processes knowledge

IPMA C/D

Dutch & English proficiency

Job description

"At NTS, we make it possible together. Technology inspires and drives us; it is our passion. Every day, we work on unique solutions for complex challenges. Whether it's ultra-complex or ultra-precise solutions, we are proud of what we do and what we deliver." Do you want to explore what is possible together? Are you ready for a key role within the Dutch high-tech industry? In this role, you will lead complex projects for leading customers worldwide. You will work at the intersection of technology, production, and customer interests, with a direct impact on tomorrow's technology. Does this appeal to you? Then join as a Project Manager NPI at NTS Hengelo and let's make it possible together.

Job description

As a Project Manager at NTS Hengelo, you lead multidisciplinary project teams in industrializing advanced modules for international customers. From quotation to series production, you keep a tight grip on things.

Furthermore, your responsibilities include:

• you lead impactful, cross-functional projects from the quotation phase to production transfer to our factories;
• You coordinate between account managers, engineers, procurement, production, and quality, with an eye for technology, logistics, and finance;
• You build the project plan from the quotation phase, including risk assessment, resource planning, and scenarios;
• You establish and manage a multidisciplinary project team (4-8 FTE) within engineering and production;
• You maintain close customer relationships, monitor expectations, and translate ambitions into concrete deliverables;
• You are responsible for flawless NPI execution: from proto to 0-series and production readiness;
• You bring structure to a dynamic environment where priorities and deadlines continuously shift.

Example project:

Imagine: you lead a team that industrializes a precision mechatronic module. It must operate within microns, be suitable for cleanrooms, and seamlessly integrate into a larger system elsewhere in the world. You ensure alignment with the customer, design for manufacturability, and validate the factory all within one dynamic project.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in high-tech project management (machine construction, precision systems, or complex production environments);
• Demonstrable experience with NPI projects or industrialization;
• Strong in stakeholder management: from production managers and engineers to customers and management;
• Skilled in handling dynamic environments and managing changes across teams and locations;
• Able to make decisions under pressure and navigate technical and political complexity;
• A mindset focused on continuous learning, taking ownership, and improvement;
• Knowledge of production processes and industrial validation is a plus;
• You are IPMA C or D certified, or willing to obtain this certification. NTS facilitates full certification;
• Lastly, you are proficient in Dutch and English, both spoken and written.

Your benefits

At NTS, we combine our passion for technology with innovative solutions for complex challenges. You will have the freedom and trust to fully utilize and develop your talents in a dynamic and energetic environment. We invest in both technology and you as a future colleague!

With this challenge, we offer the following benefits:

• Salary ranging from €5.199 to €8.103;
• Personal growth and development opportunities through training and/or education;
• 27 vacation days plus an additional 13 ADV days;
• Excellent pension scheme with PME;
• Travel allowance paid monthly through a fixed allowance with a maximum of 50KM/one way and a reimbursement of €0.21 per km;
• Laptop and mobile phone;
• Free fruit at work.

About NTS

We deliver unique solutions for complex challenges and drive the technological advancement of our customers. By combining development, production, and assembly, we play an integral role in bringing together the Supply Chain. We combine the best skills and smartest ideas into a working system for the most advanced semiconductor, Opto-Mechatronic, and analytical solutions in the world. This is why we have grown into a Tier-1 supplier for OEMs and an international player operating from various locations in Europe, Asia, and the US.

While we offer our teams a great workplace all over the world, we do not forget to remain firmly rooted locally. Ultimately, the core of NTS is formed by our people. Their excellent manufacturing skills, customer-oriented mindset, and clear technical solutions have made NTS what it is today. Together, we create a culture that everyone can be proud of because we make it possible together. That's why we seize every opportunity to celebrate our people, our craftsmanship, and our successes.